Top Five Reasons Why You Aren't Being Recruiting (Yet)

By Playced, 01/29/18, 12:00PM CST

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College recruiting isn’t rocket science. A lot of it is common sense. If you’re not a highly-recruited athlete, then your success in finding a college scholarship will largely depend on how much effort you are willing to put into the process.

In our USA Today recruiting column last Friday, Texas A&M-Commerce football coach Colby Carthel said: “I firmly believe there’s an appropriate college level for every football player, beyond high school.”

I 100 percent agree with Coach Carthel. So, if we’re right, you might be wondering why you haven’t locked up that college scholarship yet.

Well, here’s the reality … only 2 percent of high school athletes are “highly-recruited” athletes. Let me break that down, if there are 100 athletes in your district competing with you for scholarship opportunities, then two athletes in your district will be highly recruited.